Measuring dispenser



Sept. 16, 1952 R. c. PENFIELD MEAsuRING DISPENSER 2 SHEETSP-SHEET 1 Filed July l, 1946 Sept. 16, 1952 Filed July l, 1946 2f jig. a/j

R. C. PENFIELD MEASURING DISPENSER 2 sms-simu 2 @MM Mmm Patented Sept. 16, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT FKFI'CE y MEASURING DrsPENsER `ltaymond. Peneld. Chicagmlll. application July 14,194s;seria1No.6s0,5s7w' l This invention relates various loose materials such as coffee, rice, soap chips, and many other materials which it is often desirable to discharge in definite quantities.

An important object of the invention isy to f provide a measuring dispenser for cartons in which the dispenser and the carton are all made from the same blank or piece of material.

A further objectof the invention is to provide an improved measuring dispenser which may be effectively sealedbefore thecarton is used and in' which the dispenser is movable to open and close the dispensing opening.

Y Still a further object of the invention is to provide a carton with a measuring dispenser cut fromjthe same blank of ymaterial and substan-ry in general to cartons for s claims. (c1. azz-364) Other objects of the invention will appear in the specification and will be apparent from the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a, blank of sheet material` from which the dispensing carton of this inven-lA the dispenser in closed position and the carton tipped to ll the dispenser with the material of the carton; C

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the measuring dispenser in open or dispensing position and the carton raised and partially tiltedfor discharging the material from the dispenser; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing the dispenser as partially assembled before it is inserted in the carton.

Various types of pouring and discharging de- Vtons of various kinds.

vices have been proposed in connection with car- Some of these dispensers are fixed in position and some of themare separately produced and attached in various ways to the carton.I The present inventionfhas the advantage that it is formed of the material of the carton itself; is foldable in the carton 'when the carton is made and therefor provides a suitable seal for the material within the carton, and is movable in and as a part of theV carton for dispensing material therefrom.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, a carton in accordance with this invention, is made from a blank of sheet material such`as cardboard, or any other suitable material, cut, scored and shaped. to form connected opposite carton sides I0 and Il, ends`I2 and I3,and alapping connection flap I4. `At the tops kand bottoms of the sides are corresponding closing aps I5 and I6. One of the ends I3 has topand bot'- tom flaps I1 and I8, and the otherend I2 has a bottomrap I9 and an integrally connected top structure providing vthe, measuringv dispenser `of this invention. i

A portion 20 of the end I2 is connected by scored, weakened, or partiallyfsevered lines 2-I` to the adjacent carton sides I0 and II and tothe end by a scored hinge line 22. Extendingoutwardly from the end portion 2li is a tab portion 23 which projects slightly beyond the tops of the sides I0 and II and is separated from the flaps I5 by the cuts 24. Continuing outwardly between the top" naps I! in vvthe blank form is a double wall portion 25 connected to the tab portion 23 by a scored fold line 26. This wall portion 25 is of a length equal to the tab portion 23 and the end portion 20, and in assembly they are` folded together orv are doubled upon each other as shown more clearly in Figs. 4 and 6. n

The outer end of `this double wall portion 25 extends (in the blank) beyond the outer edges of the top flaps I5, and connected to it by a fold line 21 is a foldable dispenser comprising a bottom wall 28 with sides 29 hinged thereto on fold lines 30. Each side has a. nap 3| connected thereto by a scored hinge line 32 and the outer edge of each flap being separated from the adjacent end flap I5 by a out 33. At the outer edge of each side 29 is an angular flat portion 34 to form a stop when the rcarton is assembled.

With this blank construction and formation, the measuring dispenser ispreferably assembled partially before the carton is Set up. This is effected by bending the bottom wall 28 substantially at right angles to the double wall portion upon fold line 21 and swinging the sides 29 upon their fold lines until their flaps 3| may be folded and adhesively secured to the under side of Wall portion 25, as shown more clearly in Fig. 8. The wall portion 25 and the flaps 3| are then doubled upon and adhesively secured to the inside of tab portion 23 and carton end wall portion 20, the flaps 3| being thus secured between wall portions 25 and .20, thereby securely connecting the dispenser for incorporation into the container.

In erecting the container, the dispenser is disposed inwardly, the flaps I5 and l1 being over lapped and secured at the end, with the tab 23 extending outwardly as shown in Fig.,2 or folded 4 the carton is extended in set-up position, this doubled tab portion being foldable over and against the end of the carton.

2. A carton of sheet material and a rotatable measuring dispenser device formed integrally of the same sheet blank, the carton having connected side and end walls and the extremity of one end between the end wall and the side wall being weakened at the sides of the end wall with a fold line at the bottom Vof the weakened portion and extending beyond the ends to provide an angular open container with a portion which when doubled upon itself provides a tab extendand adhesively or otherwise secured against the l top of the container as indicated in broken outline in this figure. Y

For filling purposes, the opposite or bottom end is left open, but after being lled, the bottom` is sealed in any well known mannerand the top or dispensing end is placed uppermost. The upper end is sealed at the Vdispenser by the weakened lines 2| and the contact or overlapping` of the doubled tab portion 23 vwith* the carton endsY I5. By releasing the tab portion, grasping and pulling it outwardly from the carton, the weakened lines 2| are severed andthe dispenser is'swung outwax-diy upon hinge line 22 until the angular portions 34 of the side walls 29 engages the inner side of the innermost 11a-p15, as clearly shown inliigs.3and7- f f Tov fill the dispenser with material' 35 from withinthe container, thev dispenser is closed as shown in Fig; 6 and the containeris 11p-ended or tippedY to lodgethe material therein. When thev dispenser is turned outwardly, it will discharge a predetermined measured quantity depending in amount upon the particular material. I While a preferred embodiment of the invention has beenv thus particularly described, it should be regarded by way of illustration and not as a limitation of the invention as various changes may be made in the construction, comblnation and arrangement of the parts without .departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. y i I claim: y '1. A measuring dispenser, comprisinga carton of sheet material and a relatively rotatable dispensing device formed integrally of thesame sheet-blank. the carton having side andend walls and one of` the end Walls having a partially weakened portion between it and the adjacent side wall and having a fold line at the bottornfof the weakened portion, this weakened end -being .extended to provide the dispensing device Which is foldable together touforrn an open container and has a wall secured to the weakened wall portion of the carton and also to provide a doubled tab extending from the end ofI the carton when ing beyond the end of the carton, an extension of the doubled portion being foldable to form a bottom and side walls with connecting flaps extending frorn the side walls and insertable between the said doubled walls to hold them together, 'the dispenser container thus formed being sealed against the carton walls in setting up the carton and the dispensing device being rotatableuponA the said fold line from withinthe carton to project therefrom when therweakened portion is-severed by pulling outwardly upon the tab portion, the side Walls of the dispenser having an angular portion adjacent the bottom of the dispenserA for engaging the end of the carton to limit the outer movement of the dispenser from the carton.

3. A carton of sheet material and a relatively rotatable measuring device made integrally of thesame sheet blank, the, device being in the form of' an open angular container having a double wall portion folded uponitself and with an` extended portion which forms a. tab to project from the carton, one of said double Vwall portions being in common4 with a. portion of the carton Wall and partially severable therefrom but t0 hinge thereon. and theY device being so partially severed by 'means of the projecting tab and thereafter rotatable by the tab from within the carton and into and out of the opening formed by the severed wall portion.

RAYMOND c, PENFIELD'.

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